County planning board to take road trip to study regional landfill operations

ASHEBORO — Randolph County Planning Board members are getting ready for the eventual request from the county for a special use permit for a proposed regional landfill.

At its regular meeting Tuesday, the board set Thursday, March 7, at 6 p.m. as the date to consider a request for a special use permit concerning the proposed regional landfill. This date is contingent upon final decision of the board of county commissioners to request the special use permit.

In anticipation of a lengthy “quasi-judicial” hearing process, the board made the unusual move of establishing an overflow day to give everyone a chance to comment. If needed, the hearing will continue on Friday, March 8, at 9:30 a.m.

Board members also asked for a chance to get a better look at an example of a regional landfill operation to make a decision. They set Thursday, Jan. 31, as a special meeting of the board to visit the South Wake Regional Landfill in Raleigh.

In other matters, the board approved one special use permit request for Beulah Baptist Church for a radio tower to be used by the church FM station.

A second special use permit request from Ed McGrath for a recreational vehicle park was postponed at the property owner’s request so that the proposed site plan can be adjusted to relocate the RV sites on the property as formerly put forth. Johnson said some adjoining property owners had expressed concerns about the location of those sites.

The board unanimously voted to recommend approval of both rezonings, including that of:

* Austin Builders, Inc., of Trinity that 4.64 acres at 4695 Kennedy Road be rezoned from residential agricultural to conventional subdivision overlay exclusive, conditional district for a four-lot subdivision.